The Empyreal Gem Master

On the Sacred Gold Mountain.

Alexander watched the dazzling scene of his Enneagram controlling the flow of intense authorities- the nine sockets on the corpse of the massive dragon entirely melting away and flowing towards Claire's body that currently floated in the air.

"Good…"

His eyes were bright as he looked at this scene, seeing that in the future, he could repeat this process for his father and others as they didn't have to feel helpless in the face of this changing world.

But as this process was underway, he also felt droves of Energeia within him being spent as the process of forging Support Ability Gems for the Bonds of the Gold Ruler was costly.

The main Ability Gem cost him 1.5 Million Values of Energeia, while the first Support Gem came at 1 Million.

He still had to keep reserves for any possible battles, but the first Support Ability Gem was completed inside of his Enneagram before it was socketed!

And this alone granted another boost in power.

He had named the first Support Ability Gem Amplification Support, but the Enneagram had taken the details he put forth and redesigned it further while lowering its capabilities to at least ensure it could be forged.

And the result was a stellar one.

[Golden Ruler's Amplification Support]:: A Ruling Ability Gem formed under the authority of the Covenant of Gold. It has a single doctrine that states the Ruler has to lead by example and express power far exceeding those who follow him. For this purpose, the Vessel of the Heart of the Ruler has been further empowered as through it, the Gold Ruler can temporarily fuse with the strongest qualities, bloodlines, and Abilities of 7 Followers under him. The fused form is distinguished as the Enlightened Gold Ruler and can be maintained for a maximum of 5 minutes. The strength granted by the form of the Enlightened Gold Ruler is unknown and dependent on the chosen fused followers. Once it's time has passed, a whole hour is required to stabilize your sense of self before another fusion can take place.

…!

A single Support Ability Gem.

And yet its capability was so ridiculous that it caused Alexander to truly wonder whether it was okay for him to be forging such Ability gems.

He felt like he was breaking some sort of unknown laws!

"Mmm…"

He was taken out of his thoughts as Claire's eyes fluttered, gradually opening as her figure began to lower itself.

By the time she touched the ground, tendrils of gold light faded away as she opened her eyes and saw…dazzling nine sockets on her chest.

…!

Her pupils trembled at the reality as she looked up towards Alexander who only smiled with satisfaction.

He flicked her forehead to break her out of her stupor as his voice rang out.

"Don't place any new Support Ability Gems right now. I will forge some new ones for you that are much better."

…!

Ridiculous words escaped his mouth as Claire was about to nod when she went over these words again in her mind, and her head rose incredulously.

"You said forge? You…you can forget Ability Gems yourself now?!"

This girl didn't know what to think as Alexander only replied with a nonchalant nod- a nod that didn't last too long as he frowned right after.

He waved his hands to cause the enclosed domain of vines and leaves to fade away, light coming into the domain once more.

In the distance, Ryanara looked over with bright eyes, her mood lifting up from the sight of two other Rulers as she was about to speak.

But Alexander shook his head while rising slowly from the gold earth.

[We have company incoming.]

Company.

The word instantly caused Ryanara to turn somber as the Alfanian Humans around her became alert!

They looked out into the gray mist surrounding the edges of the Sacred Gold Mountain as currently, there was only a deafening silence.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Tense energies bubbled up in the surroundings.

Alexander floated in the skies as Claire also did the same, her blue wings tainted with gold at this moment as she let out the allure of a genuine Ruler.

Before anyone could turn skeptical…

ROAAR!

A booming bellow of regality they very much remembered echoed out from the mist.

And the gray mist seethed and churned as from it, the stature of a massive Black Dragon that had run away not too long ago reappeared!

[Bahaha…Little ants, did you miss me?!]

The Black Dragon came in strong. But this time, he did so because he wasn't alone!

WUU!

A massive Wingless One-Eyed Serpent appeared beside it, the obsidian scales on it radiating terrifying danger as it wasn't the only one.

Another three auras came down as all belonged to Rulers!

Their serpentine eyes gazed around the golden mountain greedily as the Wingless One-Eyed Serpent blinked its massive eye and belched out lava-like flames while echoing out a vile voice.

[A Sacred Mountain with two weak Rulers, right, Lupiso? So what the hell is this?]

The vile voice echoed out as if it were talking about already consumed prey, with the Black Dragon, Lupiso, spreading out its wings in a reply.

[Does it matter if one more joined them? Look at them. Fresh. Warm-blooded. They haven't seen much of life. And there are five of us….not to mention you, Dragoserpent Emperor. We will divide things equally and gain a foothold in this new place.]

[Hmph.]

There was contention, but five Beast Rulers descended upon the Sacred Gold Mountain and were already discussing it as if it were theirs.

Alexander looked at them as his Enneagram began to spin to obtain information from Analysis, his eyes showing a fearless kill as he thought of his newly forged Ability Gem and its recent Support Ability Gem.

Already, he began to activate the capabilities of the Golden Ruler's Amplification Support- golden light gathering around him as he made 7 selections!

Even as Ryanara became somber and floated closer to him and Claire, he kept his calm as his voice echoed out with power.

[Are you sure you won't just be running for a second time, Little Dragon? Do the four lizards you brought know how quick in escaping you are?]

…!

Taunting words that caused every single entity nearby to constrict their pupils echoed out!